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Dunedin City

Family types

In Dunedin City, 38.9% of households were made up of family type 'couples with children' compared with 44.3% in Tainui in 2018.

Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.

To continue building the story, Dunedin City's family data should be viewed in conjunction with Households, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type data.

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Derived from the Census questions:

'How is each person in the household related to you?'

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Family types
Dunedin City20182013Change
Family by typeNumber%Tainui %Number%Tainui %2013 to 2018
Couples with children11,98238.944.311,35238.643.2+630
Couple with dependent children9,64531.335.19,25531.537.3+390
Couple with adult children only2,3107.59.22,0497.05.9+261
Couple with children - dependency status unknown270.10.0480.20.0-21
One parent families4,85415.817.84,70416.019.5+150
One parent family with dependent children3,16810.310.83,30611.213.5-138
One parent family with adult children only1,6445.37.01,3684.75.9+276
One parent family with children - dependency status unknown420.10.0300.10.0+12
Couple without children13,95945.337.813,34445.437.3+615
Total families30,795100.0100.029,400100.0100.0+1,395
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: Moderate
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the family types in Dunedin City in 2018 compared to Tainui shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 38.9% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 15.8% were one-parent families, compared with 44.3% and 17.8% respectively for Tainui.

There were a higher proportion of couples without children in Dunedin City, 45.3% compared to 37.8% in Tainui.

Emerging groups

The number of families in Dunedin City increased by 1,395 between 2013 and 2018.

The largest changes in family types in Dunedin City between 2013 and 2018 were:

  • Couple without children (+615 households)
  • Couple with dependent children (+390 households)
  • One parent family with adult children only (+276 households)
  • Couple with adult children only (+261 households)

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